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Dog Who Was Stabbed In The Head While Trying To Protect His Owner From An Armed Robber, Miraculously Survives
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Dog Who Was Stabbed In The Head While Trying To Protect His Owner From An Armed Robber, Miraculously Survives

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Dogs can be not only our best friends but also our rescuers in the time of need. The heroic German Shepard Duke proved it by almost sacrificing his life to defend his beloved owner from an armed robber.

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When Duke’s Gino Wensel, 40, from South Africa, took him out for a walk he noticed a suspicious man with a knife in his hand approaching. Before Gino had the chance to react, Duke rushed into action.

To protect his owner from what seemed to be a robbery attempt Duke began aggressively growling at the stranger.

However, the heartless man responded by lodging a knife into the puppy’s head. Duke used his remaining strength to scare off the cruel criminal and collapsed to the ground.

Fortunately, Duke was still alive after the brutal attack, so his heartbroken owner immediately brought him to the vets.

Duke was taken to the Animal Welfare Society of South Africa, which turns 90 years old on the 9th of March 2019. “Duke came into our hospital in a critical state and our medical team had to act fast to save his life,” the nurse told Bored Panda. “Unfortunately, we will never know what went through the gangster’s head that did this to Duke, but all that mattered to us was to save Duke’s life,” she added.  An X-ray was taken to see what kind of damage the knife wound had caused. It became clear that the vets had to act quickly. “Seconds seemed like hours and with Duke lapsing in and out of consciousness our veterinarian very quickly concluded that if we were to save him the knife needed to be extracted urgently,” the organization wrote in their Facebook post.

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Luckily, the veterinarian managed to save Duke’s life by safely removing the knife and the whole staff and Gino were overwhelmed with relief.

The heroic Duke was quickly reunited with his owner and praised for his loyalty.

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Carmen Elena
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I really have a lot of words in spanish for this grandisimo mother f..... who hurt this great boy, I hope the agressor gets what he deserves. On the other hand I´m happy this baby is recovering well and getting all the cuddles and treats of the universe. <3<3<3<3

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Natasha Forchione
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5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Awww.....I wish I could give him tons of treats, hugs and kisses for this heroic act!! Poor baby, glad he is okay!!

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JillVille
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Duke, you deserve all the cookies and treats and hugs and snuggles and belly rubs!! Wow.

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Carmen Elena
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I really have a lot of words in spanish for this grandisimo mother f..... who hurt this great boy, I hope the agressor gets what he deserves. On the other hand I´m happy this baby is recovering well and getting all the cuddles and treats of the universe. <3<3<3<3

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Natasha Forchione
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5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Awww.....I wish I could give him tons of treats, hugs and kisses for this heroic act!! Poor baby, glad he is okay!!

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JillVille
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Duke, you deserve all the cookies and treats and hugs and snuggles and belly rubs!! Wow.

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